Does anyone know what it means?
2007-11-13 11:49:55 · 5 answers · asked by trackman 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A hedge witch walks between worlds, as the hedge borders the town and the wild lands. Divination and use of various natural hallucinogens are common. A great bit on hedge witches can be found in the book, "The Long Strange Trip".
2007-11-13 12:25:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term, hedge witch, comes from the fact that your average European village, in time gone by, was surrounded by a hedge or woods. Beyond that hedge was unknown land, beyond their known perseption... i.e. the Other World. The village witches of this era usually lived just beyond or just befor this hedge. The hedge was a metiphore for some one who practiced shamanic arts, a walker between the worlds.
2007-11-13 19:54:34 · answer #2 · answered by Sophrosyne 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
If you are speaking in terms of "High" versus "Low" magic, a hedge witch is someone who uses herbs and other things of the type as opposed to elaborate rituals to accomplish their goals. I have also heard the term "kitchen witch" as a synonym for "hedge witch".
In contrast to the Ceremonial Magician who would not DREAM of using his (or her) ceremonial knife to cut anything UNLESS it is part of a ritual, the Hedge Witch would say to use the knife to cut herbs (or even their sandwich at lunchtime).
2007-11-13 19:57:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
no but my daughter is afraid of the windy witch!
2007-11-13 20:25:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
we have one on the boards. I'll star you and see if she answers.
2007-11-13 19:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋